2018-19 Women's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

Matthew A. Smith
Mark Wagner
Sun Belt Conference
Michael Wade/Wade Event Photogra
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Nelson Chenault
Ben Krain
Nelson Chenault

Shanieke Watson

  • Position:
    Distance
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Experience:
    1
  • Hometown:
    Manchester, Jamaica
  • Prev School:
    Iowa Western C.C.
  • High School:
    Holmwood Tech H.S.

Summary

Biography

Career: Six time All-Sun Belt Conference selection ... 2018 Sun Belt Indoor 800 meter champion ... 2018 Sun Belt Outdoor steeplechase champion.

WATSON'S ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE HONORS
First Team - 2018 Indoor Season (800 meters)
First Team - 2018 Outdoor Season (Steeplechase)
Second Team - 2017 Cross Country Season
Second Team - 2019 Indoor Season (Mile)
Third Team - 2018 Cross Country Season
Third Team - 2019 Outdoor Season (Steeplechase)

2019 Outdoor Season: Third team All-Sun Belt selection after placing third in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12) with a time of 10:34.79 ... Little Rock's top distance competitor in four meets ... Set a personal-best in the 1,500 meters with a 4:33.12 at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27), the fourth-best mark in program history ... Finished second in Memphis in both the 1,500 meters and the 800 meters (2:16.89) ... Set a personal-best in the 5,000 meters at the Sun Belt meet with a 17:16.62, placing fourth and just missing earning All-Sun Belt honors ... Won both the 800 meters (2:14.24) and the 1,500 meters (4:37.61) at the Little Rock Open (Apr. 6) ... Placed 21st in the steeplechase at the Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 20) with a time of 10:50.68.

2019 Indoor Season: Second team All-Sun Belt selection ... Placed second in the mile at the Sun Belt Championships (Feb. 19) with a personal-best time of 4:54.50 ... Placed fourth in the 800 meters at the conference meet with a 2:12.92 after finishing first in the preliminaries with a 2:11.19 ... Won the 800 meters at the Samford Open (Jan. 19), running a 2:14.26 ... Finished third in the 800 meters at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener (Dec. 1) at 2:15.38 while finishing fourth in the mile (5:04.67) ... Notched a runner-up finish in the mile at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 25), running a 5:02.72 ... Member of the 4x400 meter relay team in two meets, including the team that finished eighth at the Sun Belt Championships (3:55.36).

2018 Cross Country Season: Third team All-Sun Belt selection ... Two-time Sun Belt Conference Runner of the Week (Sept. 12, Oct. 17) ... Little Rock's top finisher in all six events on the year, finishing in the top-10 three times ... Won the UCA Cross Country Challenge (Sept. 8), finishing with a time of 18:28.94 ... Posted a season-best 5K time of 17:38.10, earning runner-up honors at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13) ... Placed 11th at the Sun Belt Conference Championship (Oct. 27), finishing in 17:56.73 ... Finished fifth at the season-opening Brooks Memphis Twilight Classic (Sept. 1) with a time of 18:00.90 ... Ran an 18:01.80 at the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival (Sept. 22), placing 21st ... Closed the year finishing 16th at the NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9), logging a 6K time of 21:20.00.

2018 Outdoor Season: Won the Sun Belt Conference 3,000-meter Steeplechase Championship with a time of 10:43.08 and earned All-Sun Belt First Team honors (May 13)... Named Sun Belt Track Athlete of the Week on three separate occasions — the most by a Trojan in program history... Tallied three steeplechase wins for the season... Posted the third-fastest steeplechase time in program history at the Mt. SAC Relays (April 19) and finished seventh... Posted the fourth-fastest 800 time in program history with a mark of 2:11.17 at the Ole Miss Classic (March 31) and finished fourth... Won the 800 at the Little Rock Open (April 7) with a time of 2:20.21... Posted the seventh-fastest 1500 in program history in the prelims of the Sun Belt Championships (May 11-13) with a time of 4:34.51 and went on to place eighth with a time of 4:36.26... Ran the seventh-fastest 5,000 in program history at the Rhodes Invitational (March 16-17) with a time of 17:30.30 while finishing fourth... Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Victor Lopez Classic (March 22-24) with a time of 10:44.66... Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (April 27-28) with a time of 10:43.58.

2017-18 Indoor Season: Won the Sun Belt Conference 800-Meter Championship with a season-best time of 2:12.11 — the fifth-fastest time in program history — and earned All-Sun Belt First Team honors (Feb. 20)... Became the Trojans' first 800-meter champion since 2003... Ran a season-best time of 4:56.84 in the mile at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 4) and finished third — the fifth-fastest mark in program history... Took eighth in the mile at the Sun Belt Championship with a time of 5:00.80... Won the 3,000 at the A-State Invitational (Jan. 26-27) with a time of 10:13.38 — eighth-fastest in program history.

2017 Cross Country Season: Was an NCAA South Central Region Qualifier and placed 53rd in the 6K with a time of 21:27.9 (Nov. 10)... Placed sixth in the 5K at the Sun Belt Championships (Oct. 28) with a time of 17:57.6.... Recorded the sixth-fastest 5K time in program history at the Chile Pepper XC Festival with a mark of 17:40.6 and finished ninth... Won the 5K at the Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 14) with a time of 17:51.9

Before Little Rock: At Iowa Western, won the 3K steeplechase national championship...Was also the regional champion in the 800 and the 1500...Has collegiate bests of 10:55.30 in the 3K steeple, 4:42 in the 1500 and 2:13.83 in the 800.

Personal: Daughter of Carol Boqle...Has one sister, Verna...Majoring in psychology.

WATSON'S PERSONAL-BESTS
800 Meters: 2:11.17 - Ole Miss Classic (Mar. 31, 2018)
1,500 Meters: 4:33.12 - Memphis Tiger Invitational (Apr. 27, 2019)
Mile: 4:54.50 - Sun Belt Indoor Championships (Feb. 19, 2019)
3,000 Meters: 10:13.38 - ASU Invitational (Jan. 27, 2018)
5,000 Meters: 17:16.62 - Sun Belt Outdoor Championships (May 12, 2019)
Steeplechase: 10:33.18 - Mt. SAC Relays (Apr. 21, 2018)
5K (XC): 17:38.1 - Little Rock Invitational (Oct. 13, 2018)
6K (XC): 21:20.0 - NCAA South Central Regional (Nov. 9, 2018)

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Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2018-19Senior

    Distance
    5'8"